The adult film industry is in a bit of a pickle after Measure B, requiring performers to wear condoms while filming, passed in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.

Many people involved with the porn industry have spoken out against the ordinance, including 26-year-old adult film star James Deen, who stars alongside Lindsay Lohan in Bret Easton Ellis' “The Canyons,” due out in 2013.

“I am disappointed. Not particularly about the law but about my community of adult entertainers being continually bullied and used by others,” Deen told The Huffington Post in an e-mail.

“We are much like the homosexual, minority or female populations,” he continued. “We are a community of tax-paying and law-abiding voters who are currently being persecuted. But our opinions do matter, and I hope one day we get respect as these previously-stated groups and others have begun to receive.”

According to Smartvoter.org, the controversial ordinance also states that producers must apply for a permit from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and pay a fee to offset the cost of enforcement.

“Are examinations going to be mandatory now, or are we going to be wearing gloves on set?” Deen told The Daily Beast. “I mean, what about goggles? What about kissing and fluid exchange? Is kissing no longer allowed in pornos? Like, what degree of severity is this measure actually going to require? After that, is it worth it?”

Depending on what happens with Measure B (Adult Video News reported that it will probably be challenged in court), Deen said it might be worth it to take the industry elsewhere.

“Is it worth it to migrate to Las Vegas, which is said to be welcoming with open arms?” he asked. “Florida, and I believe Arizona as well, said something about wanting the billion-dollar industry. That’s going to be a huge hit to Los Angeles.”

The moral police are here to tell you how you should live your life. We're called conservatives, the right, republicans, and tea partiers. We're old. We're from another time. And we can't get over it. We've indoctrinated our dim-witted children with our wacky beliefs, and next we're coming for you.

While the spreading of HIV isn't commonplace in the porn industry, there is a significant thread of that, and other STDs being spread on set. The additional cost of this will be next to nothing, so I don't see a reason not to use it.

The porn industry regulates themselves quite well on STD and HIV. I would bet the percentages are a fraction of the general population when it comes to STD's in their industry. Maybe the focus needs to be on the public and not the smaller group of actors/actresses. All this will do is drive them out of LA and into another city who will reap the benefits of a larger tax payday.

adult movie actors are class B citizens ... their opinion does not matter .. ridiculous people ... that said, they are right, who cares if they do or not do use condoms? What is wrong with those who voted for this measure .. what are they jealous adult actors might get too much of a good time?

Crazy and stupid ... there are millions of kids dying because of drug abuse, millions of kids who get arrested just for smoking marijuana .. and all these citizens can think is worrying about adult actors using a condom or not? What is wrong with you guys?

Dumb voters of LA in the cash strapped state of CA vote for this nonsense which will cost money to operate, pay salaries, insurance, pensions no doubt etc for something not needed. Stupid measure voted for by stupid people!

Whine, whine, whine. This is an industry with routinely abused employees, and the big name stars can't envision anything getting in the way of their big screen debues. Here's the reality, Princess. The porn industry is an INDUSTRY, the same as any other business, and we regulate ALL business. You are not being oppressed being told to wear a condom, no more than the construction worker is oppressed by being told to wear a hard hat. Your industry refused to police itself, forcing external regulation to happen to defend your own employees. Chew on that flavored condom for a while and think on it a little, yes? Disease and infection rates are rampant in your business, and if you don't protect your employees, WE WILL.

a georgous women(looking hot for age) heads to the dry cleaners all of a sudden there is this hunk of male flesh pressing her suit-their eyes meet they rip each others clothes off have passionate x on the counter - they don't care who is around them–moans and groans for 10 minutes–people are picking up their dry cleaning the lovers are not paying attention–van halen's jump is playing so loud the entire lot can here it–moans and groans everywhere – afterwards they decide to go for big macs and went home. dry cleaning - in and out part 2 will be available next year.

It's not just the adult industry Los Angeles has largely driven off the entertainment industry. It's too expensive and too much of a hassle to shoot there. So they've already driven off billions a year in business so what's another billion? It's not like they need the tax dollar! Las Vegas is probably a perfect fit since they are struggling. I'm neither for or against I just feel we have bigger problems than regulating morality. The performers are already regularly tested so it's not the health issue they make it out to be it's more about putting them under their thumb and many I'm sure hope it will drive out the industry.

I honestly have trouble understanding why there still is a porn industry. Until humanity evolves a new orifice, everything has been done a million times over and most of it is on the internet for free.

It is clear Los Angeles County wants the porn industry to skip town. The people KNOW no one wants to see it with condoms. They know this kind of regulation would basically kill the industry. And they know this would force the industry to move. As a County resident they could go to Vegas for all I care. In fact, they belong in Vegas. And no, I don't care about the lost tax revenue.

All this fuss over this and all they would have to do to get around it is move their movie studios to another county. Then Measure B wouldn't apply to them anymore, the new county would be happy to get all the taxes that LA County no longer gets, and LA County would realize that they lost all that tax revenue and what fools they were in the first place and repeal the law in an effort to get them to come back and then the porn industry would politely tell them to go do something to themselves that is physically impossible. (If you catch my drift...)

Its not really the fact that they are being forced to do it, its more of the fact that California is looking for another cow to slaughter for money. Porn star infects porn star with something, they know whats up. California wants to step in, of course, with their hand out, to make sure they are protected. And of course the population is like "Do it, cuz I dont watch porn anyways." or looked at it as a way to get porn out of their state. Its crap.

I think if the actor wants to use a condom let them if not only work with other actors who share your view. I thought they police themselves because I saw a film a few year ago about the adult industry and how they make each actor get tested before they are allowed to work on a new film. If this isn't working then something else needs to be put in place. I can see the government HELPING them come up with other measures to ensure the actors safety but TELLING them what to do isn't the answer. If California enforces this law then I think the porn industry should move to another state. People watch porn not because of it's moral values but because it's PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The requirement of the condom is likely not so much the big deal as the getting a permit which in turn pays for the enforcement of the law. So the county basically just made the industry not only have to start doing something they didn't want to, but also is making them pay for all the overhead to enforce it. Now first of all I think that's pretty friggen low. You saddle the very industry with the cost of it? When yes they could indeed go somewhere else and not get that cost. If they choose to protect themselves or not is up to them, but force them to pay for a law you just shoved down their throats.. that's just bad form. If LA County wanted them out it looks like they have gotten their wish.

"We are much like the ho.mose.xual, minority or female populations..."

Don't even go there, dude. None of those are by choice. You are a PROFESSION and you can compare yourself to other PROFESSIONS, some of which are under assault by legal policies, but you are NOT like ho.mose.xual, minority, or female populations who have no choice in who they are. You can change professions if you don't like it or make valid comparison to other job situations, but you don't get to cast yourself in some false civil rights struggle of equality. The government can, and routinely does, make health and safety rules for workplaces–into which condoms on po.rn sets clearly falls. This is nothing different than other health and safety regulations.

By the way, I don't necessarily agree with the proposition, but I won't stoop to false comparisons to condemn it, either.

The truth here is that men hate using condoms and will do anything to whine, bully or tantrum their way out of wearing one. This 26 year old boob of an idiot in the article is no exception. There is NOTHING cool about a guy who won't use protection. When you ask about their last comprehensive screen for STIs, you will get a dumb, blank stare or "uh, you know, honey, I'm clean". BS

You may as well call me StupidDave...I am as bright as a lamp post. My IQ nearly hit single digits...I didn't qualify for that game show, but they asked if I wanted to try out for "Are You Smarter than a 1st Grader?". I was so dense that even the short bus kids made fun of me! I was sooo clueless that when my buddy asked me to polish the knob...I reached for Pledge and a rag....

That's all we have for now folks. The 10 o'clock show will be completely different from the 8pm show! See ya.

Jeff, it is for the very same reason motor vehicle occupants are required to wear seat belts. Seat belts save lives. Condoms prevent unwanted lives and disease and many people are too stupid to use them. Why is this a problem? People in the USA are no longer responsible for their stupid choices and taxpayers are left to pay for them. When taxpayer money has to pay for people's choices, the local/state/federal government starts making those choices..."live under my roof/on my dollar and you will follow my rules". I prefer personal responsibility but few people are willing to return to Dickensian societies.

Remember, one primary factor for the very existence of this industry (and others of similarly questionable repute) is the zeal with which conservatives tried to keep the lid on Pandora's Box, so to speak. Just because they can readily live a life within very narrow parameters does not mean the same is possible for all, for it is erroneous to think they chose to be strait-laced, prudent, puritanical, and so forth. It's in your DNA, babies.

Im all for porn but the truth is its a dangerous industry, and when you work in a state controlled by liberals, you have to do exactly what they want you to do or they shut you down. They do not believe in personal choice and responsibility

really. it's the liberals fault? this completely sounds like an issue that a right wing religious nut job would come up with with the exception of the use of condoms. you sound too pent up. stop going to church and go do some pleasure #$%@ing once in a while. there is a genetic reason it feels so good.

Mr. Dean – All California is trying to do is issue safety guidelines for your profession... It's no different than helmet laws. If you want California to protect you and your colleagues, then allow California to protect itself from future liability.

Your Progressive logic makes me sick. Why do you people think the government has anyone's best interest in mind? Why do you liberals believe the government should control every aspect of our lives? The porn industry regulated itself with testing programs. You make me sick. Why don't you go to the LA beaches where we can't even throw or catch a frisbee, and watch your stupid condom porn while sipping on a 8 ounce Pepsi– if Big Brother says it's OK

Helmet Laws? What right does anybody have to tell me what I can or can not do with my own life? I don't want or need people or government trying to protect me from myself. I don't ever wear a helmet. Never. Maybe living life inside of a bubble works for you, but I want to experience the things I am living, including the bugs and the possibility of plowing into a deer at 75 miles per hour without a helmet.

Libbies? Is everything black or white in your view? It was voted on by the people. What, you don't like democracy now? Your sounding like an un-american trator now, in the pocket of the multi-national corporations, new world order BS

It's all righteous until some actor/actress with an unknown latex allergy dies of anaphylaxis. What then? Say the sheep skin is fine - even though it does a poor job of stopping transmission? Oh, wait, now you've created a barrier to work based upon "allergy status." Don't worry, i'm sure the main lobbyist for this bill will start producing their non-latex product with a nice high profit margin soon enough!

how dare you James Dean... you're fake porn star name....Ummm, when you've screwed over 3000 women and denegrate them...I've seen your movies....quit yer whining...you're getting it more than the rest of us...at least you could wear a condom when you perform. which reminds me, you have a small dick compared to Steve Holmes. Even Mr. Pete does you shame.

What so good about being in cali? Everyone else is moving away. Later on there will be no disneyland. Is this how we bring money to our country? if those porn star cares about disease they woudlnt step in the porn industrial in the first place. Its something else

You people have to realize this passed in the same county that went 70% to Obama. LA County is a beacon for Progressive people in the USA. Of course, when it comes to abortion and gay rights- the government should stay out of the bedroom. When it comes to regulating business in the bedroom- those Progressives are all for it. Come on, they already did this with the film industry. Why do you think nothing is shot in LA or Hollywood anymore? Vancouver, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, etc are all the new Hollywoods. Progressives HATE business enterprise. They will tax and regulate until all we have left are the mega corporations.

Actually, if you knew anything at all about the backers of the bill, you would know that it was written by someone who hold a major stake in the condom industry. This has everything to do with someone trying to line their pockets with more money. People who voted for it, did it because they know nothing of how the porn industry works in the first place.

For the record, I'm a liberal and I voted against it for the reasons you mention- I think what the performers do with their bodies is their choice, whether they're doing it in their personal life or for their job.

How can anyone who defends a woman's right to her body not also be on the side of the porn stars and the right to their bodies? If two consenting adults understand and are ok with the risk, then what does it matter to you.?

I'd like to take a moment of silence so we can remember all those poor, poor victims of the porn industry and their struggles for humanity. Now please....my violin and I would like to play a sad song in their honor.

Yea, you should start crying for the real estate agents who buy and sell the thousands of studios, the food services who sell catered lunches, the film, lighting, and editing crews that work in the porn industry during the off-season, and the tax revenue that this B-I-L-L-I-O-N dollar industry brings in. You sound like a typical Progressive, picking and choosing and regulating business to the point they leave town.

What a great argument – if you have a problem with the porn industry, you must be a secret porn watcher.

The problem is this: in ALL other industries which involve bodily fluids and contact with naked people in any context, there are extremely strict guidelines about wearing gloves and protecting the worker from bloodborne pathogens. What is happening is that the porn industry is exposing themselves to HUGE lawsuits when someone lies about disease status.

If everyone is forced to get monthly blood tests and physical exams, there would be no need for protections. No one new can work until they are tested at least twice showing negative to all common STDs. Then I would not see a need for condoms.

I'm not ripping on them, but it only works are bizarre humor for me. Watching other people do it is boring after three minutes or so, then I start giggling and have to turn it off. They look so serious, trying so hard to give the audience a good look at the goodies.

rh... I don't think lying about status is an issue... I thought hey all are required to have tests on file and I think they have to be tested very regularly. I don't know all the specifics, but I remember reading they have to take the HIV test that is supposed to go positive a short period after exposure. And they have to have a recent test before working. There is always a window of risk, but they try to make it as small as possible.

Conundrum, I fear: it's the conservatives who want this law, but my guess is that conservatives will also decry the existence of an official Government Office of Condom Inspection. Then again, it is "job creation..."

Exactly, here is the October 2012 registration breakdown in LA county where the measure was passed: Democrat: 2,430,610 Republican 1,037,031. It wasn't like this was something pushed through by conservatives. This is by all intents and purposes a very liberal county.

No problem, they'd just buy you out. Is your land mortgaged? Your house? The bank would sell it to North Korea if they had the money, and they'd sell it to rich lawyers a lot quicker. Remember, these are rich job creators who employ a lot of people; the police are automatically on their side. That sheriff who likes to 'dress up' his inmates with pink underwear would fit right in.

Oh no, someone seriously said if we want more regulations and less freedom to vote Democrat? Seriously?? Who do you think is trying to end a woman's choice when it comes to her body? Who do you think wants to make gay marriage illegal? Who do think wants to censor everything that THEY think is inappropriate? It sure ain't the Democrats.

Typical Lberal/Progressive response. LA County is PROGRESSIVE/LIBERAL. They voted 70% for OBAMA. Oh, did those 70% of people who are all for govt staying out of the bedroom just misread or skip over this bill when they voted? Very typical of you Progressive- picking and choosing what to enforce when. It was LIBERALS and CONSERVATIVE who passed this measure, you idiot. The liberals saw "regulate business" and punched that ticket in an instant.

Anyone who has worked in a factory has been required to wear safety googles, hard-toe boots and even hard hats; anyone who has worked in a hospital or clinic has worn latex gloves and masks: many work places have safety requirements so this is not as 'invasive' or 'ridiculous' as some are protesting.
That said I don't care if these people are stupid enough to take a risk, let them suffer for it; it's like driving without a seatbelt or riding a motorcycle without a helmet. It's darwinism and natural selection.

Since this passed only in Los Angeles county and only applies to porn being made in Los Angeles county I believe the final response from the porn industry is going to be to move out of Los Angeles county, which, I'm guessing here, was the main goal all along.

Seriously? Unless you were BORN a porn actor you cannot compare yourself to someone who was BORN gay, BORN a racial minority, BORN female. This comment explains why you're in the industry you're in. You're too stupid to do anything else. Your parents must be so proud.

Regardless of your religious stance everyone needs to remember that this is a business and it's about making money. Find a need and fill a need (literally).

This condom law however while created with the best intentions actually will HARM the industry and their target audience will be affected.

Men don't like condoms, we'll wear them sure.. but we don't LIKE to. Why would we want to see a porn film (which is basically a fantasy story) where there actors are forced to do the very thing we as men HATE to do?

It makes no sense.

I understand the safety aspect but the actors and actresses have made it very clear they do not want this type of interference in their line of work.

20 years ago this law certainly would have been helpful, but times AND science and safety precautions have changed.. a simple test can prevent a disease just as easily as a condom can.

Well, d'uh: maybe if some men saw condoms in their fanatsy scenarios they would not have icky-cooties over wearing a simple latex sheath that protects their health and that of their partner[s]: it is pretty juvenile to fuss over a condom when STDs, unwanted pregnancies and HIV are far more shattering to a person's fantasies than a condom.
Grow the heck up.

Just in case people take what Emma said seriously, condoms, as they say on the box, do not prevent STD's or HIV. They are not 100% get out of jail free cards. They may help, but you can still contract.

Oh, and no, we dont want condoms in porn, just like we dont want all sorts of things in porn. It gets cold sometimes, why shouldnt the girls be forced to wear sweaters....and athletes foot, must wear shoes....The reputable companies have their actors tested. They will wear condoms for fear of being shut down, even though there is zero risk of anything happening. The freelancers may not have their actors tested. They wont wear condoms, because they dont have a threat.

The point is this is the same lame ass argument as gun control, all the bad guys will just turn in their guns and never ever aquire them illegally, like cuban cigars or cocaine.

"Darwins' law cull the population" until pr0n actors/actresses mutate into bizarre travesties of humanity, with enlarged organs and bulging chests, living trails of slime behind them as they- oh, wait. That's already happened.

mr. Dean has the right to express his opinion and made some valid points but in light of the recent AIDS scare in the porn industry condoms make sense. Sure there are porn viewers that would consider a condom a form of censorship but they also feel that hey, I'll never come in contact with these folks so what's the harm? Well the harm is that you don't always detect people with a common cold but you wind up catching it. This law may prove to be for the greater good as for as protecting the health of the general populace. Now the taxes and fees are another thing. That is just a overt way of raising revenue which with California's fiscal problems this just may be needed.

PERSECUTED!! This is called SIN!! This is not a way to make a living. Who are the ones that are being persecuted. Those who stand for righteousness. Those who stand for the bible, God's Holy and moral law. Then you wonder why we had such a devestating storm. It is God Himself who is judging this nation for its many sins. God's patience will not strive with man forever. This is only the beginning of what is to come. The first time He came in grace; next time He is coming in judgment! HEBREWS 10:31, "IT IS A TERRIBLE THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD." REPENT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!

Ever heard of separation of church and state? The bill rights, fourth ammendment clearly states how and what "church" and it's affect on peoples rights is. You have a right to your belief but do not have a right to force that belief on others. Lose the religion arguement and realize this is a civil rights issue and more importantly in these economic times the chasing of yet another money making industry out of California by whacked politicians and laws. If it all moves to Nevada or Arizona, California and the taxpayers within California will suffer. Period.
I myself could care less what a male adult film actor wears as I highly doubt I'd be looking at him!

"REPENT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!" I kinda think the FBI needs to take a close look at some of the birdbrains posting this drivel. A lot of suggestible people are raving about the end of the world being the only explanation for a Muslim president, and since we're all gonna die, let's kill some of God's enemies. Then they identify the mailman as one of those enemies, and here we go again. There are much hugher jasses than me in this world.

Not everyone believes in your GOD! Why do you believe everyone has to follow your beliefs! Why do Christian’s believe they rule the world! Do you even know what unspeakable things your Christian followers have done over the centuries! Christians call the porn industry a SIN and yet find the horrifying actions of Christianity acceptable!

You are right! I do not have the right to proclaim anything, however God does!! And He proclaims it in the scriptures and uses His people to proclaim it. Whether you believe in the God of the bible is not the issue because that in itself is sin. The reality is that God will judge every single human being, and if you have not repented of your sin, you will be cast into a very real hell. You don't need to believe it for it to be true. Instead of getting angry, seek to reconcile yourself with God by turning from your sins and believing in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and obeying His commands before it's too late. Come out of the darkness and into the light.

These are people who have chosen this life style and way of making a living. It's their life and I'm sure they work very hard (no pun intended) to stay disease and preg's free. Condom's will not be a plus for porn and it's a huge( agai. I n no pun intended) industry Let them alone and if you don't like them or their life style, then stay the hell off the porn sites, videos etc.
I for one am glad to see many of them making a move to main stream, some have real acting talent and others are just easy on the eye

It's about time we held everyone in the entertainment industry responsible for what they portray. If you're doing porn, you should set a good example by making condoms part of the script. Hollywood needs to make it clear that bad guys are not glamourous, they're simply evil. They need to show the bad part of using drugs, not just the fun part. They need to show that people who do bad things to other people have bad things happen to them.

Dumb voters, californians always find a way to chase tax paying companies out of the state. Now we want to be paying enforcers tax dollars to be on porn sets making sure they are wearing condoms. It's their life if they want to expose themselves to diseases. In actuality, the adult industry has the lowest rate of disease transmission because they do mandatory testing. They are safer than the guy or girl that you picked up at the bar and had a one night stand with. Watch our tax revenue walk away to neighboring states.

It's a business, not their personal lives. Businesses should be regulated for the betterment of society. Minimizing std's and pregnancies is the goal, and a worthy one. We're currently in a situation created by "small government." It doesn't work.

He has the right to take that risk... Forcing.them to wear condoms will hurt there industry theres alot of people who will not.watch a scene because a condom.is used most people dont wear condoms in real life so they dont want to see it.in porn because they want alittle realism in the porn

Maybe, just maybe he is an adult and can decide for himself what protections he needs to stay safe....but then again, America now loves the Womb (if you can survive there) to the Tomb (not going to do well there) laws!

Actually he's pretty safe without this new regulation. They all undergo testing before and after each shoot to ensure that nothing's being spread and nothing's being contracted. This measure does nothing that's not already being done. I get that regulations in general keep people safer but we are very slowly turning into Oceania from 1984. Let people make their own decisions, and if they get sick or injured, that's their fault.

Kids and teens watch porn online nowadays without knowing much about it, perhaps they should get a hint that once they become willing and able, there are a few hygiene issues to tend to? But+-to-mouth is considered sooo cool by male viewers, butt its not all that yummy?

HAHA!! Fire and brimstone. Why don't you pack your laugh worth religious zealot ideas and take them back to the first century where they belong. You religious whackos are even worse than the people that think the world is going to end because of the Mayan calendar. Too funny.

" You religious whackos are even worse than the people that think the world is going to end because of the Mayan calendar. " My favorite is when they combine crazies and insist Jesus made the Mayan calendar.

Ah yes! Only in Krazifornia do they regulate industries to the point that they pack up and go elsewhere. Krazifornians had to vote for higher taxes because no businesses will build or locate there. A true model idiocy for sure.

You are spreading mis-information. The only way to pass it with a kiss is if BOTH parties have an open cut or sore AND exchange blood. Please cite the case(s) you describe. You don't have to believe me, go to the body dot com to read the facts on HIV; its been studied for over 20 years now.

How specific is the wording in the law? If it just says they have to wear a condom, couldn't they just tie the thing around their wrists or something and go at it? That's basically what a lot of bikers did when the helmet laws came out. It just said you had to wear one, not on which part of the body so they'd strap them to their arms and such and roll.

There is a difference - the product construction workers create does not show their heads (or any part of them) - so whether they wear hats or not does not impact on the final product. Whether porn actors wear condoms DOES impact on their final product - the film. Los Angeles has banned the production of a large category of (legal) porn films.

Assuming this ruling stands, it will not make the industry more health-conscious, because the real driver of an industry is sales. And condom porn does not sell as well, not by a long shot. If the ruling stands, the companies that want to make money will simply move out of Los Angeles... or go out of business.

Now and then the worlds of porn and mainstream Hollywood meet. It's always iffy and tense because you've got the stars working alongside someone who has a reputation for being shady and doing things many consider gross. There might be fear of catching a disease that could end a career or a life. And it could damage your reputation to work with someone like that. Which is why I think it's pretty charitable of a star like James Deen to be willing to work with Lindsay Lohan.

the republicans need to keep their hands out of it people have a right to do whatever they want with their own bodies, so what if it spreads a little disease we can put a 1 or 2 percent tax on the rich and pay for it all not a big deal. Leave porn alone, leave drug addiction alone, its a free country. Well for 47%

Ted: Jason is working under the misconception that only the republican party wants to control our lives. Certainly they've been very active and very visible in that regard this election cycle, what with opposition to contraception, opposition to gay marriage, and so forth... Jason probably forgets that it was democrats in New York that banned large soft drink sales, and dems in San Francisco that banned happy meal toys, and dems in many places that banned smoking in restaurants and even in bars.

Basically, we now live in an age where EVERY politically active group thinks it's fine to try and control the personal lives of others. Maybe this isn't new - maybe it's always been the case - but it just feels more intrusive now, somehow.

They should all just say they are Catholics and birth control is against their religion. Claim religious persecution and raise a stink like churches did when they would need to give the choice of birth control to their employees

With a username like "Flesh Lite" it is easy to understand your "concern." Apparently, it is a solo act with you, and you do not want anybody telling you how to protect yourself from yourself. I would bet that your favorite adult actor was John Holmes or Long Dong Silver. You probably look at pictures of both when use use your username.

An email went out globally to everyone a parent needed a healthy blood match asap at the firm from anyone for her child was not going to make it –i had the match, ran NYU hospital for all intense testing, including an aids test...next morning i received the call from medical i was a go for this child. i donated 1 1/2 pints to this newborn.

this child is in remission doing great and i received employee of the year for that. i'll never forget that moment–

i was always careful about my body and never lead a nutty x life...wasn't worth it to me...as a result..I was always
a little picky in the x area - I dont have the problems other women have...never did.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires the use of personal protective equipment for many, many other working people so that they can be safe on the job. Many of the employees who have to wear those protective devices don't like them; complain about them; feel persecuted when management threatens them if they don't wear them. This porn star is no different. There is nothing wrong with porn starts protecting themselves while filming and the resistence to it is no different that what any many other workers try to pull. All they have to do is learn to deal with it, as othe workers do. Or, maybe we need OSHA to enforce the general duty clause on the porn industry. They can do a few inspections while they're filming and start handing out violations.

You said there is nothing wrong with porn stars protecting themselves, but that's not what this law is. This law is forcing a measure on an industry that actually doesn't need it, and that may be counterproductive to its purpose. The porn industry requires regular testing of its stars. They are self-regulated. Why should the government step in and take over that regulation (at the tax payers' expense) if the industry is already doing a good job of it? It would be one thing if there were rampant disease outbreaks and pregnancy issues in the porn industry, but there simply aren't. In addition, the whole industry is about promoting a fantasy, and sticking a rubber on it doesn't really help to accomplish that.

Yeah, but OSHA regulations involving protective gear are connected to actual workplace hazards involving heavy machinery or toxic chemicals. With adult entertainment it is based on stigma and mythology that is not backed up by actual health statistics within the industry.

These folks are independent contractors or free agents, usually...and the work place in question here is their body. Not a tremendous metal smelter, a bone grinder (pun intended), multi ton metal trucks carrying caustic materials......it is humans using their bodies with another human in a way they choose. This makes sense if you start charging everyone, everywhere, who does not use condoms with a crime unless they are planning for a child. Shoot, lets take all the risk out of it and only use harvesting and test tube techniques in a lab. Then, anyone catching VD ever must have violated the law and be punished. I argue that the adult entertainer of today with the hopefully rigorous testing standards is safer than those traipsing from bar to bar looking for the hookup. Unless they, too, are persecuted for not wearing protection, it is ridiculous to enforce a separate standard for the adult film 'star'.

Good point about all the republitards moving to Canada. Except Canada doesn't want them, neither does Australia. Maybe Mexico. Unfortunately all of these countries still get the interweb so most of these frackheads are here to stay.

Enforcement would be very straightforward. If a film is released that includes male performers without condoms, (a) that film would be illegal to distribute (i.e. money to be made on it), and (b) the makers and performers of the film would face penalty according to the law. I don't necessarily agree with the law but enforcement seems clearcut to me.

from what i have read on a few of these type of laws. way it works is. that enforcement fee is the salary of a site inspector. basicly. think of a construction site. having to pay the salarey of say a union safty inspector to stay on site during all working hours. there forcing them to employe a goverment employee basicly

1st of all how do you know where it was shot if you enforce after the fact. Thats like saying you get fined for smoking in a non smoking area by them only seeing a cigarte butt in your car.
2nd this law is not for safty, if it was the porn actors would be the ones complaining about their own safty. This is just another azzbackwards republican law that want them to control your body and what you do.
3rd what about the fluffers, do they have to use a condom. Their work is not bieing filmed.
4th i can just see the cop he has to patrol the gay/bi/trany films
5th i guess this also means no creampies nor oral shots also, i guess it will Amish porn i guess

BTW i thought republicans dont believe in condoms since its againts god's intention to give life. Hypocrite Republicans.

With each job comes risks............why are we deciding that they need to wear condoms? The porn stars know exactly what their risks are. Aren't they tested every so many months for stds anyway? People probably spread more disease with the randoms people sleep with every day. At least the porn stars are regularly tested for disease, can we say that about the general population?

Who ever this idiot is i'll bet they weigh a ton,sit around all day typing and eating.Why don't you get up and get a job?At least get some fresh air,a little stroll around the block might help your fat azz,when you get home take a long shower because as much as you sit on your big butt you stink to high heaven lol.

These guys are acting like they're getting screwed. Well, they can't act, and they certainly are getting screwed. With all this moanin and groanin, you'd think they wouldn't get off on this, but they seem to pretty hard up with this new ordinance. Maybe it's time they wake up from their little wet dream.

I agree. I mean come on, many people wear protection at work, steel toe shoes, hard hats, chef hat... Who gives a hoot. Put a sock on it, they can digitally remove it anyway, what's the big deal, no pun intended.

People wear hard hats and other protective gear to satisfy the insurance companies. Those items don't generally greatly affect their profit marings, either. Obviously insurance isn't an issue for these guys, so why send Big Brother in? You could always be next.

These days so many people hate big government but has no problem imposing it on other people. The porn industry has lots problems but this part of this bill does little to fix them. It does force a very profitable industry that people have enjoyed throughout the world since the dawn of time to relocate. I'm not saying condom use in porn is a bad thing, but I also understand that it doesn't sell. Porn stars are adults and in a free society they should be able to decide for themselves how they to be shown on camera. California is in a lot of debt and losing this revenue is not going to help grow their economy. The people need to look for real solutions to problems not create new ones.

Los Angeles and California are about to run afoul of the law of unintended consequences. With the existence and proximity of Las Vegas, plus let's not forget CA has some of the highest taxes in the US, and Nevada has NO personal state income tax...

I honestly can't imagine why that industry hasn't already moved there. Especially when you consider Nevada is already one of the who re capitals of the world, certainly of the US.

No big deal...European bongo films are much better anyway...they have less of the "ooooohhh...ooohhh...aaarghhh" stuff which breaks one's concentration and detracts from the overall aesthetics and cinematography of the movie.

“I am disappointed. Not particularly about the law but about my community of adult entertainers being continually bullied and used by others,” Deen told The Huffington Post in an e-mail (as he dumped a load on some porn chicks face.)

Condoms should not only be mandatory; they should be common sense. Adult entertainers persecuted? Give me a break. Are all manual laborers persecuted because they are required by the government to wear hard hats and other safety gear?

Hopefully the p0rn industry can resolve this issue by one means or another. C0ndoms fall into the catagory of birth control. The p0rn industry is a legitamite business now, so they will be required to offer insurance to their performers, as well as already having to carry insurance on the business. And thanks to Nobamacare, guess who will be footing the bill for this law? Us. Another tax on the hardworking REAL AMERICANS, & thats the TRUTH

Your truth is the light, damn, can't stop laughing one that one. You never say anything truthful. What is your problem anyway? I handle the insurance for our company. Our rates have not risen, and the coverage is actually better for the employee. Having preventative care now being covered, is less out of our employees pocket, too. Oh, don't forget about having your kids on it until the are 26. Why don't you give it a rest? Nobody listens to you anyway, primarily because you are seldom right. We can all check the facts. You are like listening to Faux News. Just your uneducated opinion, with nothing based on facts. I used to like reading your comments, but you have gone off the deep end with your old, crotchity, white man opinions. Nobody cares! This is an entertainment blog. You are not entertaining anyone.

Totally am 4 it..just read an article about some adult industry worker who gave chlamydia or gonorrehia 2 a bunch of his co-workers so y the hell r they complaining about taking precautions? Really? Gimme a break!

if it was you earlier - i said no prob. so why? i said i would tell you everything you needed to know..not have much to tell..but i would answer any question...so why is this still happening? sweet dreams.

1234, Jesus really rewarded Mittens and the christians with that landslide victory he just handed them! Here's a hymn to help you celebrate your "victory":

God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
by Randy Newman

Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were to multiply
Why must any of the children die?
So he asked the Lord
And the Lord said:

Man means nothing he means less to me
Than the lowliest cactus flower
Or the humblest Yucca tree
He chases round this desert
'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be
That's why I love mankind

I recoil in horror from the foulness of thee
From the squalor and the filth and the misery
How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me
That's why I love mankind

The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests
And they began to speak
They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world
Lord, no man is free
The temples that we built to you
Have tumbled into the sea
Lord, if you won't take care of us
Won't you please, please let us be?"
And the Lord said
And the Lord said

I burn down your cities – how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
That's why I love mankind
You really need me
That's why I love mankind

It's outrageous this punk would compare porn actors to gays and lesbians and other minorities which are denied their CIVIL RIGHTS just because a measure passed requiring them to wear condoms. I can see how the pain of wearing a condom would compare to the pain of not being able to sit by your lifetime partner on his death bed because you are not considered "next of kin". Ridiculous.

This law is so stupid, porn starts know exactly what risk they are taking if they do not use a condom. The porn stars get tested more often than most health professionals and every porn star has to submit these test to the production team to protect everyone involved. These days you do not hear about porn stars contracting STD because the industry is very proactive in making sure everyone is safe and clean before they do movies with out condoms. I hope the industry does move to Vegas, we need a good boost to our economy and porn is a multi billion dollar industry. So come to Vegas and you will be better off, besides there is no personal income tax in Nevada so you get to keep even more of your money!

So what L.A. is saying is we need money, and one way to get it is to lean on the porn guys. We'll tax them to create a watchdog to make sure they are playing by the rules, and create a fee for a permit to shot with condoms. In the end, we'll look like heroes for trying to make the industry "safer". Only the industry will tell L.A. to take their fee and shove it, and just produce their movies elsewhere. What genius thought this plan would work?

the p guy actors dress very preppy..you know what i mean..what is that about. walking down the street they look like your basic good ole boy on their way to class....i find humor in this subject. lolol

Los Angeles can maintain itself with the porn industry, so I don't know what he's talking about. Porn is not a vital asset to the second largest city in the US. Maybe Las Vegas will welcome them, but Arizona...one of the most Republican states in the country?! Ha, that's funny...

Arizona Troopers will be allowed to do a DL check on p)rn employees to determine if they are lawfully allowed in the state – there, all the recently migrated P employees will be forced to relocate – because the Arizona governor will have just passed a law making it illegal for former p)rn residents from California to be there.

Do you really believe that even one person took the time to read any of it?

I stopped reading after your statement about fearing death. I know no such fear. In fact, I frequently face death, sometimes very closely, while canoeing whitewater rivers. I live for today, and I do not concern myself with fairy tale "life in the hereafter" where its gonna be like Sunday School for eternity. THAT would be my personal definition of hell!

Prayer and religion are for sissies that lack self-confidence and are unwilling to accept personal responsibility.

Hoo bwaaay. That was a long one (pun intended). Seriously though bud, and I mean this respectfully, ever considered the word 'truncate'? Just a suggestion. You'll get your point across, and some people will actually read your post.

Folks, this is a fine example of why cosanguineal s-e-x is such a threat to the health of society, and why there is such a proliferation of ADA-compliant and Special Ed facilities in the schools of the rural U.S...

This is exactly why the SpecEd schools are key! I attended the short-bus schools for many years, until they realized I was put into the wrong category. It wasn't that I was mentally handicapped, just socially retarded. I couldn't act properly around girls...they shunned my chunky frame. I ended up turning to the other team!! Now I be batting 1.000 for da flamin fairies! I can pump them plump rumps of chumps with the best of them. Partee down boyeeeee!

Are you referring to a money shot or shooting an actual gun? Because if it's money shot, that's funny... but if it's a gun you're referring to, you've just threatened someone with bodily harm. Which is it?